Sealed wrapped package.



J. S. STOKES.

SEALED WRAPPED PACKAGE.

APPLICATION FILED IUNE 2, I9I6- Z 7 6 m MK n M w D U W 6 M d A m w; t P Jkm- MW WW JQHN STUGDIIELL STOKI1$, F MOORESTOWN, NEW JERSEY.

fiIEALElD WRAPPED PACKAGE.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, Jonn Sroennrn S'roxns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Moorestown, in the county of Burlington and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in-Sealed Wrapped Packages, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to sealed wrapped boxes or packages of the type em loyed for storing and preserving food pro ucts, such as crackers, cakes and other commodities.

In the present instance I have shown my invention as embodied in the form of a rectangular box formed from a single blank and provided with end walls formed of interlocking sections, this box being com- I pletely enveloped and inclosed in a thin ttt outer cover or wrapper which is adherently attached to all of the walls of the box, so that not only is such box rendered air and moisture-proof and the contents protected against the entrance of vermin and foreign matter, but the cover of such box as well as the interlocking ends thereof will be held rigidly and firmly in closed position by the tight wrapper or cover when the package is in its complete form or the form in which it is placed on the market.

It is also my purpose to provide a sealed wrapped box or package of this type, wherein the wrapper or cover may be rapidly and economically applied to the box in such manner that several sections or parts of the cover will overlap or overlie the interlocking sections forming the ends of the box, thus not only holding these interlocking sections in proper position to constitute straight or flat end walls for the package or box, but the accidental disengaging or unlocking of the I sections will be positively prevented.

hill) With the above recited objects and others of a similar nature in view my invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a plan view of a blank. from which the box proper is formed.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a box made from a blank such as is shown in Fig. I, the cover of the box being shown partly open.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing a wrapper or cover blank in conjunction with tpeciflcation of Letters Patent.

Patented wee It, IFI't,

Application filed June a, 1916. serial No. 101,259.

a closed box to be enveloped or COVGIBOI by the wrapper blank.

Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7 show different steps or stages 1n the application of the wrapper to the box.

Fi 8 is a perspective View of the complete y formed sealed wrapped package.

Referring now to the accompanying drawngs in detail I have shown in Fig. 1 a blank indicated by the letter A, and intended to be made of card-board, paste-board, box-board or other suitable material. This blank A, as will be noted by reference to the drawing, is cut and scored in such manner that when folded or bent on the score lines 1 and 2 a box such as is shown in Fig. 2 will result. This box, it will be seen is substantially rectangular in form and comprises a bottom 1, the front wall 2, the end walls 3, the back wall 4, the inwardly extendin top flaps 5 and the lid 6, this lid having a rent longitudinal marginal flange 7 which is adapted to be tucked in between the front wall and the adjacent edges of the top flap 5 when the cover is closed, as is shown in Fig. 3. Each of the end walls 3 of the box is formed of interlocking sections a and b, the interlocking means for these sections comprising a tongue and slot connection shown at c. It sometimes happens that when the box such as is shown in Fig. 2 is provided with a loose wrapper, especially should the wrapper be torn in places where it overlies the ends of the box, that these ends will become unlocked and the sections a and b disengaged from each other. The result is that the box will be practically dismantled, in that the walls will fall apart from each other at the points where they were interlocked, and the contents of the box will be exposed to the air and to contamination from foreign matter. By tightly wrapping the box, however,

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as herein described, I avoid this bursting lycoated with an adhesive or paste such as is shown at I}. The wrapper is preferably scored transversely as at 8 and longitudinally as at 9, -so that when applied to or folded about the box it will embrace a bottom section 10 having endlaps 10', side sections 11.having end aps 11, a to section 12 having-end flaps 13, these en flaps or wings bein substantially equal in area I to the ends the box which they are intended to cover. A. marginal top strip 14 havin end tabs 14 is formed integral with one o the side sections 11.

In the application of the wrapper to the box the latter is placed with its bottom wall in contact with the adhesive paste of the bottom section 10 of the wrapper and pressed against the same and then the side sections 11 of the wrapper are folded up against the sides of the box as shown in Fig. 4. The bottom end laps 10 may now be folded up against the sections 1) of the end walls 3 of the box as shown in Fig. 5, and subsequently the end laps 11 of the side members 11 are folded inward against the ends 3 of the box, as shown in Fig. 6. The marginal strip 14 may now be folded down against the top of the box and its end tabs 14 pressed against the adjacent laps 11 adhering to the ends of the box as shown in Fig. 7. The box is then comp etely wrapped and sealed by folding and pressing the wings or flaps 13 against the ends of the package as shown in Fig. 8, these wings adhering to the various end laps and to the ends 3 of the box. The result is that the interlocking sectional ends of the box are tightly and firmly secured in position and as the flaps 13 adhere thereto, the sections of such ends cannot become accidentally unlocked. The completely sealed package will present the appearance shown in Fig. 8. If desired, the exterior face of the wrapper may have suitable advertising matter, or other data printed thereon and the trade-marks or other indicia of the concern putting out the goods may be conveniently printed on the flaps or wings 13 which will thus form end labels.

1 have herein shown and described a preferred form of wrapper and a'convenient manner of applying and sealing the same so as to envelop the box, but it will of course be understood that the wrapper need not be of this particular form or applied in the particular manner, so long as 1t ultimately will constitute a tight cover or sealed wrapper for the box, such as is shown in Fig. 2.

What I claim is:

1. A sealed wrapped package comprising a box-like container having certain walls formed of detachably engageable sections, and a wrapper completely enveloping and adherently attached to all of the walls of the box, said wrapper being provided with la 'sections adapted to lie against and be a herently attached to the outer faces'of the detachably engageable wall sections of the box along the marginal edge portions of such wall sections, said wrapper also hav ing flaps of substantially the same area as those Walls of the box formed of the detachably engageable sections, said flaps'being adapted to overlie and be adherently attached to such Walls and to the lap sections, both said lap sections and flaps acting to seal and maintain the detachably engageable wall sections of the box permanently in engaged position.

2. A sealed wrapped package comprising a container having certain walls each formed of assembled normally detachably engageable sections, and a wrapper completely enveloping and adherently attached to all of the walls of the box, said wrapper having end flaps adapted to be adherently attached to and overlie the normally detachably engageable wall sections of the box to maintain the same permanently in engageable position.

In'testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN STO GDELL STOKES. 

